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2006 Featured Filmmakers
Terry Lively
CROSSINGS—BRIDGE BUILDING IN WEST VIRGINIA
2006 56 min. WV Department of Transportation
www.wvdot.com/crossings/CROSSINGS_index.html
West Virginia, the most mountainous state east of the Mississippi, is a land of bridges, both famous like the New River Bridge, and infamous like The Silver Bridge. Terry Lively, Creative Services Manager of WVDOT, produced and co-directed this film that looks at the many bridges in our state. Digital Vision Works of Dunbar shot and directed the film. There are interviews with Van Kirk, Dink Smith, Dr. Emory Kemp, Jim Sothen, Jack Canfield, and Paul Mattox.
Ms. Lively is the secretary of the WV Filmmakers Guild. She recently received her MA in communications and film from WVSU, the state’Äôs only film program. She has worked on many WV indie films including CORRECT CHANGE. She also has produced a cable TV series for the WV Dept. of Transportation.
Bridges shown - Elm Grove Stone Arch, Van Metre Ford Bridge, Carrollton Covered Bridge, Milton Covered Bridge, Herns Mill Covered Bridge, Hokes Mill Covered Bridge, Fletcher Covered Bridge, Simpson Creek Covered Bridge, Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge, Walkersville Covered Bridge, Dents Run Covered Bridge, Laurel Creek Covered Bridge, the Fish Creek Covered Bridge, Center Point Covered Bridge, Statts Mill Covered Bridge, Indian Creek Covered Bridge, Barrackville Covered Bridge, Philippi Covered Bridge , Wheeling Suspension Bridge , Fayette Station Bridge , Shiloh Bridge, High Level Bridge, Elk Suspension Bridge, Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge, Moundsville Bridge, Charles C. Rogers Bridge, Lower Buffalo Bridge, Glade Creek Bridge, East Huntington Bridge, Veteran’Äôs Memorial Bridge, Rubles Run Bridge, West Buckeye Bridge, Star City Bridge, Clifford Hollow Bridge, Blennerhassatt Bridge.
